{"id":528551,"date":"2026-01-11T03:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/528551\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T03:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:49:14","slug":"ja-morant-remains-out-for-memphis-grizzlies-amid-trade-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/528551\/","title":{"rendered":"Ja Morant remains out for Memphis Grizzlies amid trade talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/sports\/grizzlies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> point guard Ja Morant will remain out for the Jan. 11 game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brooklyn Nets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> due to a right calf contusion.<\/p>\n<p>Morant has missed the past four games. He was listed as questionable during the first three games, but was ruled out the day before the past two matchups.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The two-time All-Star has been the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/ja-morant-trade-talk-hover-110120263.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:center of trade talks in recent days;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">center of trade talks in recent days<\/a>, with the Grizzlies deciding to listen to offers on Morant. This is the first time Memphis has explored trade opportunities for Morant in his seven seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies (16-22) are 10th in the Western Conference. Morant has been available for 18 games. The matchup against Brooklyn will be Morant&#8217;s 21st missed game this season.<\/p>\n<p>Morant is averaging 19 points and 7.6 assists; the Grizzlies are 6-12 when he played this season.<\/p>\n<p>Damichael Cole is the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/memphis-grizzlies\/29\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> beat writer for The Commercial Appeal. Contact Damichael at damichael.cole@commercialappeal.com. Follow Damichael on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DamichaelC.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/grizzlies\/2026\/01\/10\/ja-morant-trade-injury-update-memphis-grizzlies\/88120953007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Grizzlies&#039; Ja Morant remains on injury report amid trade talk;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Grizzlies&#8217; Ja Morant remains on injury report amid trade talk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant will remain out for the Jan. 11 game against the Brooklyn Nets&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,247,17419,294,178,293,177,4070,6,181],"class_list":["post-528551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-memphis-grizzlies","tag-basketball","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-calf-contusion","tag-grizzlies","tag-ja-morant","tag-memphis","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-memphisgrizzlies","tag-nba","tag-the-grizzlies"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115874428589780780","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}